New reconstructions of 540 million years of climate history show the planet tumbling between icehouse and hothouse states, ...

Throughout history, nature has produced extraordinary anomalies that challenge the human understanding of life and evolution. Rare genetic malformations are one among them, as the process sometimes ...

Over 100 million years ago, long before the extinction of land-dwelling dinosaurs, there lived a group of massive clams called Inoceramus. With some species having shells up to 6.5 feet wide, they ...

Discovered on the shores of Lake Turkana, Kenyanthropus platyops shook the human family tree with its flat face and ancient age. Dated to 3.3 million years ago, this mysterious species may sit at the ...

Kids can dig for dinosaurs, meet a paleontologist and take home a fossil at Marion’s Paleontology in the Park on Sept. 6.

A chance glance at a museum display has led to the first-ever discovery of an ichthyosaur fossil in western Japan, dating back around 220 million years. Initially mistaken for a common bivalve fossil, ...

DNA dating back over one million years has been identified in the woolly mammoth remains. Scientists who discovered some of the world's oldest microbial DNA also identified for the first time bacteria ...

Brooks, Alison S. and Potts, Richard. 2003. "New Research in Early Human Origins: 7 to 1 Million Years Ago." AnthroNotes, 24, (2) 1–8, 18-19.

In the deserts of Ethiopia, scientists uncovered fossils showing that early members of our genus Homo lived side by side with a newly identified species of Australopithecus nearly three million years ...

DNA dating back over one million years has been identified in the woolly mammoth remains. Get any of our free email newsletters — news headlines, sports, arts & entertainment, state legislature, CFD ...

Hydrogen is the most abundant element in the solar system. As a source of clean energy, hydrogen is well-suited for ...

Researchers suggest the rows of pointed structures on the heads of spotted ratfish are true teeth, offering the first known ...